After Foreigner Crashes into Woman, He Gets his Comeuppance and Then Some

After Foreigner Crashes into Woman, He Gets his Comeuppance and Then Some
Dec 12, 2013 By eChinacities.com

This story garnered a lot of interest last week. What was first thought to be a good Samaritan scam against a foreigner turned out to be the story of a foreigner who couldn’t admit he was entirely in the wrong. Soon after the story was posted video footage was released showing that he had run into the woman on his scooter, causing her minor injuries, and had then hurled abuse at her and accused her of scamming him.

After the event, police investigated the foreigner. It turns out he is an Italian national, who grew up in England and has been living in Beijing for the past six years. It also turns out that crashing into the woman was only the beginning of his problems. The police fined him 1,500 RMB for not having a license for the vehicle. During their investigation the police also discovered that he and his father have been working in China illegally. Before being deported the young man and his father will have to pay a fines of 5,000 RMB and 10,000 RMB respectively and pay 20,000 RMB for hiring two people illegally. 

Well this didn’t end at all well for him.

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Keywords: Foreigner crashes into woman; good Samaritan scams

14 Comments

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Han_Solo

yeah I don't know, there is someone just chilling on the bike after the driver gets off in the video. Now in the official story did he have someone riding with him? Because in the video there clearly is.

Dec 23, 2013 16:11 Report Abuse

coineineagh

there were questions raised about a 2nd person in the video, so later his girlfriend was interviewed about it. she claims to have been on the bike with him, but then why didn't she help him avoid the argument? but it seems the child was missed because a big red circle obscured it in most media versions of the video. either he has a child and that fact was conveniently omitted to avoid awkward moral implications of deporting a father from his child's home country, OR he doesnt have a kid, and the video is just a fake.

Dec 24, 2013 08:13 Report Abuse

Elit3

Funny how when there's a story about a middle eastern person or a black person doing something wrong, all the bigots come out of the woodwork and start their racist ranting. And this guy commits a number of offenses and the same "usernames" are hidden away. And no I'm not black, nor am I advocating racism, just saying that those idiots shouldn't bother sprouting their idiocy if they can't comment on everyone equally.

Dec 22, 2013 23:19 Report Abuse

coineineagh

Chinese are more aware of discrimination against them, and westerners are barely any different. I do try to criticize any news report based on discriminatory divisions regardless of the ethnicity of the victim (=alleged purpetrator), but I'm only human, and my perspective is suibjective like anyone else's. I have noticed some people making racist comments when it involves muslims or blacks, but they are still capable of perceiving discrimination against their own kin. All our subjective opinions on the matter should lead to a more objective evaluation by a fair, balanced, non-discriminatory authority, but in Chine there is no such thing.

Dec 25, 2013 12:18 Report Abuse

Guest510304

Oh, come on, stop it ! He hit her , yeah, because he is a foreign, right ???? But can you see how many Chinese peoples cross the street on the red light and in wrong places ?????? Of course here a foreign will never end up "white", there the police must find him a lots of mistakes , but not the Chinese citizen, right ??? I am tired of this discriminations and rasisms ! ! ! Please stop it !

Dec 20, 2013 19:18 Report Abuse

Robk

This guy has to win an award for being one of the most stupid people ever. Not only does he obviously hit her and not pay to get out the situation quickly. He insults her, waits for the cops to come and find out he is in China illegally, gets his father in shit, two people lost a job... he makes Italians look bad and foreigners as a whole pretty much... I don't care about the driving the bike without a license they all do that... has to pay 40 000+ RMB and gets deported. This guy... truly is a damn idiot.

Dec 12, 2013 23:14 Report Abuse

beijinger333

Seriously, what on Earth was this guy thinking? His dad shoulda came to China solo.

Dec 13, 2013 14:35 Report Abuse

coineineagh

I think he remained stubborn because he wasn't in the wrong. As I mentioned above, the video footage of the crash was likely taken from a different incident, and used to incriminate him. It's insane that nobody in China even noticed that there were 2-3 people on the bike.

Dec 21, 2013 10:00 Report Abuse

beijinger333

Can anyone post a link to this footage? I've heard a lot about it, but no links so far.

Dec 12, 2013 21:25 Report Abuse

Karajorma

http://video.sina.com.cn/p/news/c/v/2013-12-03/201263214951.html Here you go. It's clear he hit the woman pretty hard.

Dec 12, 2013 22:44 Report Abuse

beijinger333

Well, no discussion there. It's pretty clear he hit her, and yes, fairly hard. What the hell kind of turn was that in the first place? I thought it would at least be a coincidental, accidental, could-maybe-happen-to-anyone type of collision. Dude sure made his own bed...

Dec 13, 2013 14:34 Report Abuse

coineineagh

Look at the moment of collision. A child dressed in white falls forward on impact. The were 2 or 3 people on that bike. It was footage from a different incident used to incriminate the guy.

Dec 21, 2013 09:58 Report Abuse

ncsmiith

You don't even see a woman or the actual collision in this. All you see is a man on a bike stop suddenly and then go again. ABSURD

Dec 22, 2013 03:22 Report Abuse

beijinger333

On second look, what you said sounds plausible.

Dec 23, 2013 20:16 Report Abuse